359 Free Ambiance Sound Effects - Most Popular
Applause concert bar #9
A small audience applauds after a piece played by a small band in a bar. Thanks to the music group "Les Accroch'Coeur". UCS Category: CRWDCheer. Length: 00:10.
Roadworks #2
Small steamroller engine. Sounds of shovels and brooms. Backhoe engine. Workers. Beeps back. UCS Category: AMBCnst. Length: 01:55.
Boat - Foredeck
Foredeck of a boat. This is the ferry between Royan and the Pointe de Grave. Near Bordeaux, France. UCS Category: BOATShip. Length: 01:49.
Safari Air Park of Thoiry Zoo #2
Soundscape of an attraction of the Thoiry Zoo. 1500 m2 of nets stretched between the trees, rising up to 9m high. UCS Category: AMBAmus. Length: 01:36.
Parisian ring road #2
Noise from the Paris ring road. Sound recording from above, on a bridge. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 04:02.
Group of Asian tourists
Sound of the voices of a small group of Asians talking, in the main square of the Basilica of Lourdes. Recorded in August 2018. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 00:47.
Barn Swallows in the City #2
City ambience, street side: barn swallows and blackbirds. Field recording captured in France, in the Centre region, in spring, on May 25th at 5:45 AM. A detail that matters for your project, since swallows aren't present, nor active in the same way, all year round. UCS Category: AMBBird. Length: 02:02.
Parisian crossing #1
Crossroads opposite Saint-Lazare station, going towards rue du Havre. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 02:17.
Indoor riding arena
Ambience of an indoor riding arena (or an outdoor ring). Birds are very present. A few human footsteps and horse sounds. The weather is sunny (hence the birdsong). UCS Category: AMBMisc. Length: 01:18.
Underground parking
Soundscape in the underground parking of Chartres (France). Some screeching tires. UCS Category: AMBUndr. Length: 04:47.
Boat - Cabin
Cabin of a boat. This is the ferry between Royan and the Pointe de Grave. Near Bordeaux, France. UCS Category: BOATShip. Length: 00:22.
Manifestation #4
Atmosphere on the sidelines of a demonstration. In French. UCS Category: AMBPrtst. Length: 00:53.
Metro: Stopping and starting #1
An old metropolitan from Paris arrives, stops, then leaves. Recording from the station platform. UCS Category: TRNSbwy. Length: 01:07.
Indoor pool #1
Atmosphere in the pool of Chartres. Very few people. The jets of water are lit and are very noisy. UCS Category: AMBAmus. Length: 05:51.
Apartment open window
Apartment on the ground floor, window open. Birds, cars, pipes .. Rainy day. UCS Category: AMBRoom. Length: 03:46.
Recreation kindergarten #3
Playground of a kindergarten. Sound recorded following an introduction to Sound Effects. The children speak in French. UCS Category: CRWDChld, AMBSchl. Length: 04:30.
Metro station entrance
In front of the porticos of a very busy Parisian metro station. UCS Category: TRNSbwy. Length: 02:38.
Tractor #2
Two passes of a tractor in a field. First pass in one direction without plowing, a U-turn, then a second pass in the opposite direction while plowing. UCS Category: VEHFarm. Length: 01:56.
Outdoor Market #4
Market day in Neuilly-sur-Seine. People are speaking French, and I'm staring at a greengrocer. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 04:09.
Parisian crossing #2
Crossroads of rue du Havre and Boulevard Haussmann. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 03:22.
Office cathedral of Chartres
Short excerpt from the Thursday evening service at Chartres Cathedral, with about 20 worshippers and very few visitors. The service is amplified throughout the cathedral. UCS Category: AMBRlgn. Length: 04:59.
Lecocq Garden in Clermont-Ferrand
Ambience of Lecoq Garden in Clermont-Ferrand. City background noise, pigeons, conversations, guitar playing, fire trucks, etc. UCS Category: AMBSubn. Length: 02:21.
Gare du Nord, Paris
Atmosphere in the Gare du Nord. It's 8:00, I expect from England by Eurostar. UCS Category: AMBTran. Length: 03:59.
Suburb of Toulouse
Outskirts of Toulouse. Insects, rumor, etc. UCS Category: AMBSubn. Length: 00:40.
Applause about 25-50 people #4
Applause from about 25 to 50 people at a little show outdoors. UCS Category: CRWDApls. Length: 00:10.
Country town #1
Atmosphere of a country town. Rooster, bird, road in the distance. UCS Category: AMBSubn. Length: 02:25.
Heidelberg printing press #1
Sound of a Heidelberg printing press. Recorded at “La Platine,” a traditional print shop in Marseille (France) founded nearly 25 years ago by Odile Coulange and sadly closed in 2024..
Captured during the printing of the book Carnaval by illustrator Rémi, this sound file was generously donated to the Museum of Lost Sounds on BigSoundBank by Mireille B.
Some footage of the machine. UCS Category: MACHInd. Length: 00:25.
Heidelberg printing press #5
Sound of a Heidelberg printing press, empty, without paper. Recorded at “La Platine,” a traditional print shop in Marseille (France) founded nearly 25 years ago by Odile Coulange and sadly closed in 2024..
Captured during the printing of the book Carnaval by illustrator Rémi, this sound file was generously donated to the Museum of Lost Sounds on BigSoundBank by Mireille B.
Some footage of the machine. UCS Category: MACHInd. Length: 00:31.
Parisian Skate Park Ambience #1
Ambience of a few users in a small Parisian skate park. UCS Category: SPRTSkate. Length: 00:20.
Covered market #1
Henri-Barbusse covered market hall in Levallois-Perret. Few people. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 01:47.
Lourdes pedestrian street
Sound of the crowd in a pedestrian street in Lourdes (in France); quite dense and noisy. Recorded in August 2018. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 01:36.
Square of the Basilica of Lourdes
Sound of the bell of the Basilica of Lourdes (in France), with the discreet noise of the crowd, then the sound of 2 helicopters, at the end. Recorded in August 2018. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 02:28.
Manifestation #2
Atmosphere of a demonstration against the pension reform. In French. UCS Category: AMBPrtst. Length: 01:19.
Crossing at Levallois-Perret #2
Levallois-Perret crossroads, near the Louise Michel metro station. Traffic and works. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 03:38.
Covered market #3
Henri-Barbusse covered market hall in Levallois-Perret. Few people. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 03:31.
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